UTV-founder and pioneer of the media industry, Ronnie Screwvala is one of India’s most successful first-generation entrepreneurs. An avid philanthropist, he has penned the ‘Dream with Your Eyes Open: An Entrepreneurial Journey’ as one of the most inspiring entrepreneurial self-help books. Pictured relaxed and content on the cover page of the book, Screwvala provides a relentless pursuit of entrepreneurial glory and describes how others can learn from the same.
The book –an insider’s account of what it takes to start, build and scale businesses in India -details Screwvala’s vast entrepreneurial experiences gathered over twenty years of building amazing and not so amazing businesses. The book is inclined at bringing out clarity in the way business setup is changing. It presents a significant account on what role entrepreneurs will play in the future of India.
The book is filled with incidents, thoughts and behind-the-scenes anecdotes of Screwvala’s career that would help young business-oriented minds to gain more knowledgeable insight into the ins and outs of entrepreneurship. Through the Dream with Your Eyes Open, Screwvala has presented readers a fighting chance to make dreams come true.
About the Author:A Bollywood personality, Ronnie Screwvala is a first-generation entrepreneur who tried different types of businesses before coming up with UTV, a leading media and entertainment organization in India, which the Walt Disney took over in 2012.
He has been listed among the top 25 most powerful men in Asia by Fortune and among 75 most influential people of the 21st century by Esquire.
From modest beginnings in Mumbai’s Grant Road, surrounded by the energy and unbridled potential of a country always on the verge of greatness, Ronnie Screwvala is a first-generation entrepreneur. His early days, in front of the camera and on stage, inspired him to pioneer cable TV in India, and build one of the largest toothbrush manufacturing operations before starting UTV, a media and entertainment conglomerate spanning television, digital content, mobile, broadcasting, games and motion pictures, which he divested to The Walt Disney Company in 2012.
Newsweek termed him the Jack Warner of India, Esquire rated him as one of the 75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century and Fortune as Asia’s 25 Most Powerful.
On to his second innings, Ronnie is driven by his interest in championing entrepreneurship in India, and is focused on building his next set of ground-up businesses in high growth and impact sectors. His more recent commitment to being a first mover in sports has made him lend his support to kabaddi and football.
He is passionate about social welfare and, with his wife Zarina and through their Swades Foundation, has given single-minded focus to empowering one million lives in rural India every 5-6 years through a unique 360-degree model.
He lives in Mumbai with Zarina and daughter Trishya.
UTV-founder and pioneer of the media industry, Ronnie Screwvala is one of India’s most successful first-generation entrepreneurs. An avid philanthropist, he has penned the ‘Dream with Your Eyes Open: An Entrepreneurial Journey’ as one of the most inspiring entrepreneurial self-help books. Pictured relaxed and content on the cover page of the book, Screwvala provides a relentless pursuit of entrepreneurial glory and describes how others can learn from the same.
The book –an insider’s account of what it takes to start, build and scale businesses in India -details Screwvala’s vast entrepreneurial experiences gathered over twenty years of building amazing and not so amazing businesses. The book is inclined at bringing out clarity in the way business setup is changing. It presents a significant account on what role entrepreneurs will play in the future of India.
The book is filled with incidents, thoughts and behind-the-scenes anecdotes of Screwvala’s career that would help young business-oriented minds to gain more knowledgeable insight into the ins and outs of entrepreneurship. Through the Dream with Your Eyes Open, Screwvala has presented readers a fighting chance to make dreams come true.
About the Author:A Bollywood personality, Ronnie Screwvala is a first-generation entrepreneur who tried different types of businesses before coming up with UTV, a leading media and entertainment organization in India, which the Walt Disney took over in 2012.
He has been listed among the top 25 most powerful men in Asia by Fortune and among 75 most influential people of the 21st century by Esquire.
From modest beginnings in Mumbai’s Grant Road, surrounded by the energy and unbridled potential of a country always on the verge of greatness, Ronnie Screwvala is a first-generation entrepreneur. His early days, in front of the camera and on stage, inspired him to pioneer cable TV in India, and build one of the largest toothbrush manufacturing operations before starting UTV, a media and entertainment conglomerate spanning television, digital content, mobile, broadcasting, games and motion pictures, which he divested to The Walt Disney Company in 2012.
Newsweek termed him the Jack Warner of India, Esquire rated him as one of the 75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century and Fortune as Asia’s 25 Most Powerful.
On to his second innings, Ronnie is driven by his interest in championing entrepreneurship in India, and is focused on building his next set of ground-up businesses in high growth and impact sectors. His more recent commitment to being a first mover in sports has made him lend his support to kabaddi and football.
He is passionate about social welfare and, with his wife Zarina and through their Swades Foundation, has given single-minded focus to empowering one million lives in rural India every 5-6 years through a unique 360-degree model.
He lives in Mumbai with Zarina and daughter Trishya.
